Monthly Archives:: June 2015

First Peoples Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary

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Présence Autochtone 2015

Towering over First Peoples Festival’s 25 years, seven thousand years of human presence in this place looks down upon you… The First Nations festival returns to Montreal in 2015 in a spectacular setting that will spread its wings at Place des Festivals: thrilling concerts, an exacting selection of films and videos, the great multicultural parade…

Presentation of the First Peoples Festival 2015 program and National Aboriginal Peoples Day

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Présence autochtone 2015

Flashes of warmth and thundering drums will mark summer’s arrival in Montreal. Everyone is welcome to join in the celebration. June 21st National Aboriginal Peoples Day Participants will gather on St. Jacques Street, at the intersection of St. Laurent Boulevard, starting at 1 p.m. At 2 p.m., bearing our giant effigies, to the sound of…